THATthe Commissioner of the General Land Office is hereby authorized and directed to cause to be surveyed, as soon as practicable, the islands and keys, and other lands in South Florida, interspersed with water, which cannot conveniently be connected with the regular public surveys; and also the private claims or grants which have been duly confirmed, situate in said State; and that such surveys of said islands, keys, and lands, interspersed with water, as aforesaid, may be made by such persons, on such terms, and in such mode and manner, as said commissioner may deem most expedient and proper, without connexion thereof with the other public surveys, by township lines; but the expense thereof shall not exceed the maximum price per mile heretofore allowed for surveys by the United States in other States or Territories; and the surveys of said private claims or grants may be made by such persons, and on such terms, as said commissioner may deem most expedient and proper, but

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the expense thereof shall not, in any case, exceed twenty five per centum on the said price heretofore allowed, in addition to such price. ^Provided &c^

Resolved That the Bill from Senate (No. 216) entitled “An Actrespecting certain surveys in the State of Florida” do pass with the following

Add at the end of the Bill. “Provided, however, that it shall be the duty of the President at some convenient time and before offering any of said islands for sale, to have an examination made by, and a report from, a board of Engineers, to ascertain whether any of said islands, or parts of them, and if so, which of them, should be reserved from sale for the use of the United States; and that all islands, or parts of islands, recommended by such board to be reserved for public use, shall be reserved from sale.

Attest.